The invention belongs to the technical field of
computational chemistry, and particularly discloses a mechanism research and
analysis method for catalyzing oxidation of 2, 4-tert-butylphenol by using a double-
copper biomimetic
oxygen copper intermediate [Cu (II) 2O2TMP32] < 2 + >, which is based on a
density functional theory (DFT), adopts a
gas phase model to calculate a QM
reaction mechanism, and performs structure optimization on the intermediate and a
transition state; a PCM continuous medium
solvation model is adopted, single-
point energy correction is carried out, heat and
enthalpy correction is obtained by calculating
frequency analysis, the whole catalytic reaction
potential energy surface is calculated by considering the Van der Waals effect, so that a possible reaction channel is obtained, and on the basis of QM calculation, possible intermediates and transition states are searched again under a QM / MM
solvent model by adopting a QM / MM method, so that the calculation efficiency is improved. And determining the
reaction speed step and the
reaction mechanism. A complete theoretical method for simulating the
system is established, a basis is provided for treating the
system to develop a new
solvent model, and meanwhile, an important theoretical basis and a technical reference are provided for design and development of efficient novel
copper biomimetic catalytic
phenol.